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Life The Science of Biology

by: Purves, William K.; Sadava, David E.; Orians, Gordon H.; Heller, H. Craig

Life The Science of Biology

by: Purves, William K.; Sadava, David E.; Orians, Gordon H.; Heller, H. Craig

ISBN 13:
9780716738732
ISBN 10:
0716738732
Edition: 6th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/15/2000
Publisher: W. H. Freeman

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CO-PUBLISHED BY SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC., AND W. H. FREEMAN.More than any other general biology text,Lifefocuses students on the experiments that led to the discoveries that have shaped modern biology.

An Evolutionary Framework for Biology

(16)

Part One The Cell

Small Molecules: Structure and Behavior

(17)

Macromolecules: Their Chemistry and Biology

(21)

The Organization of Cells

(24)

Cellular Membranes

(16)

Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism

(19)

Cellular Pathways That Harvest Chemical Energy

114

(22)

Photosynthesis: Energy from the Sun

136

(19)

Part Two Information and Heredity

Chromosomes, the Cell Cycle, and Cell Division

155

(21)

Genetics: Mendel and Beyond

176

(23)

DNA and Its Role in Heredity

199

(19)

From DNA to Protein: Genotype to Phenotype

218

(21)

The Genetics of Viruses and Prokaryotes

239

(20)

The Eukaryotic Genome and Its Expression

259

(20)

Cell Signaling and Communication

279

(15)

Development: Differential Gene Expression

294

(17)

Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology

311

(20)

Molecular Biology and Medicine

331

(22)

Natural Defenses against Disease

353

(26)

Part Three Evolutionary Processes

The History of Life on Earth

379

(16)

The Mechanisms of Evolution

395

(18)

Species and Their Formation

413

(12)

Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies

425

(13)

Molecular and Genomic Evolution

438

(12)

The Origin of Life on Earth

450

(9)

Part Four The Evolution of Diversity

Bacteria and Archaea: The Prokaryotic Domains

459

(17)

Protists and the Dawn of the Eukarya

476

(24)

Plants without Seeds: From Sea to Land

500

(16)

The Evolution of Seed Plants

516

(13)

Fungi: Recyclers, Killers, and Plant Partners

529

(14)

Animal Origins and Lophotrochozoans

543

(21)

Ecdysozoans: The Molting Animals

564

(13)

Deuterostomate Animals

577

(26)

Part Five The Biology of Flowering Plants

The Plant Body

603

(17)

Transport in Plants

620

(14)

Plant Nutrition

634

(12)

Plant Growth Regulation

646

(19)

Reproduction in Flowering Plants

665

(14)

Plant Responses to Environmental Challenges

679

(14)

Part Six the Biology of Animals

Physiology, Homeostasis, and Temperature Regulation

693

(19)

Animal Hormones

712

(20)

Animal Reproduction

732

(20)

Animal Development

752

(21)

Neurons and Nervous Systems

773

(21)

Sensory Systems

794

(20)

The Mammalian Nervous System: Structure and Higher Functions

814

(17)

Effectors: Making Animals Move

831

(18)

Gas Exchange in Animals

849

(17)

Circulatory Systems

866

(20)

Animal Nutrition

886

(24)

Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen Excretion

910

(15)

Animal Behavior

925

(22)

Part Seven Ecology and Biogeography

Behavioral Ecology

947

(12)

Population Ecology

959

(15)

Community Ecology

974

(17)

Ecosystems

991

(16)

Biogeography

1007

(23)

Conservation Biology

1030

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Life The Science of Biology

Life The Science of Biology

9780716738732

0716738732

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